December 29, 2025
MIT Technology Review: AI-driven labs aim to accelerate materials discovery
Rafael Gómez-Bombarelli’s startup, Lila Sciences, is among a new generation of automated laboratories using AI to plan and run materials discovery experiments.
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DMSE’s Rafael Gómez-Bombarelli, chief science officer of startup Lila Sciences, examines synthesized thin-film samples with chief autonomous science officer John Gregoire and scientist Natalie Page before the samples are transported for structural and functional testing.
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Lila Sciences, a startup co-founded by Rafael Gómez-Bombarelli, is at the forefront of efforts to use AI-directed, automated laboratories to plan, run, and analyze experiments—aiming to dramatically accelerate the notoriously slow process of discovering new materials for energy, sustainability, and computing, writes David Rotman. “If they succeed, these companies could shorten the discovery process from decades to a few years or less, helping uncover new materials and optimize existing ones.”
Read the full story in MIT Technology Review.